Comparison of the thick smear and Kato-Katz techniques for diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Fred Luciano Neves Santos¹  Elúzio José Lima Cerqueira¹  Neci Matos Soares¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal da Bahia Faculdade de Farmácia Laboratório de Parasitologia ClínicaSalvador BA

关键词: Kato-Katz;    Direct examination;    Sensitivity;    Specificity;    Prevalence;    Kato-Katz;    Sedimentação espontânea;    Sensibilidade;    Especificidade;    Prevalência;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822005000200016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study compared the efficiency of Kato-Katz thick smear and thick smear techniques for the diagnosis of intestinal helminths. The sensitivity of the thick smear technique was higher than that of the Kato-Katz method for the diagnosis of all helminths except Schistosoma mansoni.

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